You can copy your operating system, applications, and data to a new hard disk. If the hard disk that you are copying contains more than one partition, you must copy the partitions one at a time to the new hard disk. The new hard disk does not need to be formatted.

If the power or other hardware fails when you are copying data, no data is lost from the source drive. If the power or other hardware fails, just start the process again after the failure is resolved.

You can use the Copy My Hard Drive feature to do the following:

• Upgrade to a larger hard disk
• Add a second hard disk and keep the original

Note

You should not use the Copy My Hard Drive feature to set up a hard disk that will be used in another computer.

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STEP 2		Copy one hard disk to another with Norton Ghost 12.0
		1 Start Norton Ghost 12.0. 2 In the left panel, click Tools. 3 Click Copy My Hard Drive. 4 In the Copy Drive Wizard window, click Next. 5 In the Source Drive window, select the drive that you want to copy, and then click Next. 6 In the Destination window, select the destination drive, and then click Next. 7 In the Advanced Options window, select the options. The following table describes the available options when you copy contents from one hard drive to another: Option Description Check source for file system errors Checks the source (original) drive for errors before copying it. Check destination for file system errors Checks the destination (new) drive for errors after copying the drive. Resize drive to fill unallocated space Automatically expands the drive to occupy the destination drive's remaining unallocated space. Set drive active (for booting OS) Makes the destination drive the active partition (the drive the computer starts from). Only one drive can be active at a time. To start the computer, it must be on the first drive, and it must contain an operating system. When the computer starts, it reads the partition table of the first drive to find out which drive is active, and then starts from that location. If the drive is not bootable or you are not certain that it is, have a boot disk ready. Set drive active is valid for basic disks only (not dynamic disks). Disable SmartSector copying The Symantec SmartSector® technology speeds up the copying process by only copying clusters and sectors that contain data. However, in some cases, such as high-security environments, it may be desirable to copy all clusters and sectors in their original layout, whether or not they contain data. Using this option increases the time required for the copy because all clusters and sectors, regardless of whether or not they contain data, are copied. Ignore bad sectors during copy Copy the drive even if there are errors on the disk. (However, if there are too many errors that cannot be ignored, Norton Save & Restore will not perform the copy.) Copy MBR Copy the master boot record from the source drive to the destination drive. Select this option if you are copying drive C to a new, empty hard disk. You should not select this option if you are copying a drive to another space on the same hard disk as a backup or if you are copying the drive to a hard disk with existing partitions that you will not be replacing. Additionally, if you are copying multiple drives to a new, empty hard disk, you only need to select this option once. Destination partition type Lets you specify the destination drive as either a primary partition or a logical partition inside an extended partition. Drive letter Select a drive letter that you want assigned to the partition from the Drive letter drop-down list. 8 In the Completing the Copy Drive Wizard panel, review your options and click Finish.

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